June 16, 2006

UMass-Boston Dean Continues to Take Heat; Berklee Names Cultural-Diversity VP; UCLA Fills Chair on Japanese Internment; Northeastern U. Picks a President

By ROBIN WILSON and PIPER FOGG

RUDE WELCOME: It's been a rough year for Adenrele Awotona, the new dean of the College of Public and Community Service at the University of Massachusetts at Boston.

Less than a year after he arrived, the faculty voted no confidence in his leadership, saying he had cut them out of decision making and was trying to change the college's mission. Instead of serving older, working-class students — including immigrants and others from minority groups — the dean wants to